ALLEN PARK -- Down 13 points with 24 seconds remaining, some have questioned the Detroit Lions' decision to call a timeout after the Green Bay Packers failed to convert on third down.

On Monday, Lions coach Jim Schwartz said he felt his team still had an outside shot to win the game if they could block the Packers' punt.

"They couldn't take the clock all the way down and we were going to rush the punt," Schwartz said. "We wanted to make sure we had time to set. We put 10 guys up to rush the punt.

"If we block that punt right there and score, it's certainly not outside the realm of possibility at that point we're trying an onside kick and have a Hail Mary shot at the end zone in that situation. There were still some game to be played at that point."

The Lions failed to get to punter Tim Masthay and his boot harmlessly sailed into the end zone.

With just 17 seconds remaining, the Lions recognized the game was now lost and had quarterback Matthew Stafford take a knee to run out the clock in Detroit's 22-9 defeat.

"We're going to play hard to the end," Schwartz said. "Every team does. We weren't trying anything other than to give ourselves the potential to have the only chance that we did have to win the game."